Power Move City: Africa's Richest Man Once Withdrew $10 Million From The Bank Just To Prove To Himself That He Was Rich
Africa’s richest man has recounted withdrawing $10m (£7.6m) just to look at it and prove to himself he was rich. Aliko Dangote, who owns the Dangote Group, told the story at a forum in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, on Saturday.
“When you first start a business your target is to make your first million,” the Nigerian businessman said. “But after a year or so, I realised that I had much more than $12-13bn (£9.2-10bn), and I said okay, fine, all these numbers are just written numbers.
“One day I went to a bank, at that time there were no restrictions, and I wrote a cheque and cashed $10m. And I took it home for myself. And I put it in the boot of my vehicle and I went home and I opened it and I looked at $10m and I said: ‘Okay fine, now I believe I have money.’”
It simply does not get better than that when it comes to power moves. My guy Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa, once went to the bank to take out $10 million in cash just for fun. He was sick and tired of seeing the numbers in his bank account and needed to prove to himself that it was real. Dangote, who has around $12-13 BILLION in the bank, wrote a check and took home the cash just to look at it. What a life. I did this kind of thing in high school when I ran the March Madness pool for basically the whole school. I remember holding like 3 grand in cash and thinking it was the most money in the entire world. It was exhilarating. I did not win.
Here I am worrying at the end of every month when I get the “Chase Low Balance Alert” at the bar, meanwhile this fucking guy is just looking at his millions because he’s bored. I mean come on, man. If you have too much money in the bank then Venmo me a quick 50Gs and I’ll spend it for you.